Books
Celeste Ng’s Debut Novel: Everything I Never Told You
Another masterpiece by Celeste Ng featuring a family drama surrounding the suspicious death of a young girl
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Film & TV
Binge of the Week: Good Omens
A fluttery angel and an eccentric demon become unlikely besties, and together they save the world from the apocalypse
Games
POV: Super Mario Bros. Film Because That Exists!
This week I sacrificed my Sunday evening to watch (again) the horrific video game movie that is “Super Mario Bros.”. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the film was both atrocious in its directing and actual content, with so much miscommunication between previous directors and Nintendo that the eventual
News
POV: The 2019 CTWC - The Year of Upsetris
Following on from last week’s article covering the Classic Tetris World Championship, it is time to share the results! It took place from the 19th - 21st and I was following it the whole way. Friday started fairly low-key. A quick Dr. Mario tournament followed by a speedrun competition
Opinion
I Hate Phones
This week, Grumpy Bastard puts phones on the hotseat
Music
50 Years Young – Led Zeppelin II Celebrates Half a Century of Blowing People’s Minds
1969. The year of the moon landing. The middle of the Vietnam war. One band gaining hype from their first album is soon to cement themselves in rock history with their second album: Led Zeppelin II. This week marks its 50th anniversary
Culture
The Watsons: Jane Austen Spin-off Fiction Fan Club
3.5 stars Laura Wade set herself up for a difficult task: to finish, as a play, a novel that Jane Austen couldn’t complete. It follows the story of Emma Watson, a young woman used to a luxurious lifestyle, who finds herself dumped back home, and financially dependent on
Sport
How Eliud Kipchoge Ran a Sub-2h Marathon
Sub-2 has happened, and it still hasn’t sunk in completely. Yes, the conditions were VERY optimised and it is not record eligible, and we’ll get to that later, but the enormity of such an effort is almost unbelievable. Prior to this time last year, only one man
Sport
IC Rugby 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Teams Share Triple Victory
IC rugby 1st team smash KCL Result: KCL 1st XV 7 - 19 Imperial 1st XV The 1st XV campaign of 2019 started with an away game to KCL. The crisp weather seemed to reflect the nerves amongst the freshers, while the autumnal sunshine mirrored the excitement within the team. The
Culture
Tick, Tick… BOOM!
A musical worth the generous punctuation?
Politics
What is Capitalism?, Part 1: Boss Makes a Dollar, I Make a Dime…
In the first segment of an 8-part political economic series: “What is Capitalism?”, we look at wage labour and the class divide
Culture
Up Pompeii - An Audio Revival
Classic British comedy - is it just me who finds it a bit dated?